lisa marie presley the musician and only child of elvis presley has died after being taken to hospital in los angeles suffering cardiac arrest. she was 5a. her mother, priscilla, announcing her death, described her as the most passionate, strong and loving woman she d known. from los angeles, peter bowes reports. this was lisa marie presleyjust two days ago at the golden globe awards. her death was sudden. the 54 year old was rushed to hospital after falling ill at her home in the los angeles suburb of cala basas. hours later, priscilla presley issued this statement. born in memphis, lisa marie inherited herfather s graceland estate at the age of nine following his sudden death. she followed him into the music industry, becoming a singer songwriter. she released three albums during a career that embraced the legacy of elvis. you know, it would have definitely been easier for me to take up nursing or planting or truck driving, even. but music has been important for me, and
be a few inches. falling on saturated ground. this will exacerbate any flooding issues. we can see the extent of the rain moving east. the northern half of scotland staying cold with a few wintry showers. mild further south where we have the wind and rain. very blustery, wet morning for saturday. that rain should slowly clear away and the brighter skies across the north and west will eventually wind out. then showers, wintry on the hills across scotland. increasingly turning colder in the north and west. we just hold on to the dregs of the milder air in the south west but we can see the cold air went out for part two of the weekend. northerly winds, these fronts enhancing shower activity. one frontier bringing showers to northern ireland and wales, perhaps into central south western parts of the country. wintry showers affecting the north of scotland exposing the northerly wind. quite a bit of sunshine abound on sunday but the temperatures you will notice, 3-8. the temperatur
and with western weapons continuing to arrive in ukraine the country s defence minister tells the bbc his country has become a de facto member of nato. tributes are paid to lisa marie presley, the only child of elvis, who s died at the age of 5a. royal mail customers still can t send letters and parcels overseas after a cyber attack on the company. good afternoon. the manchester city footballer, benjamin mendy, has been found not guilty of six counts of rape, and one count of sexual assault. jurors were unable to reach a verdict on one count of rape and one of sexual assault. it follows a six month trial at chester crown court. our north of england correspondent, danny savage is there, explain more about what happened today is. explain more about what happened toda is. , , ., ., explain more about what happened toda is. , , . ., ., explain more about what happened toda is. , ., ., , ., today is. this is a trial that began today is. this is a trial that began to be heard t
attack on the company. and coming up we will hearfrom manchester united legend eric cantona, about his new art exhibition which chronicles the relationship between sport and modern society. good afternoon. the manchester city footballer, benjamin mendy, has been found not guilty of six counts of rape, and one count of sexual assault. jurors were unable to reach a verdict on one count of rape and one of sexual assault. it follows a six month trial at chester crown court. our north of england correspondent, danny savage, is there. tell us what happened today. we ve had this trial tell us what happened today. we ve had this trial ongoing tell us what happened today. we ve had this trial ongoing since - tell us what happened today. we ve had this trial ongoing since last - had this trial ongoing since last summer here in chester. thejury began listening to evidence back in august. they retired to consider their verdicts just before christmas and have been back for nearly two
snookers masters resumes this lunch time with barry hawkins taking onjudd trump in the quarterfinals at alexandra palace. it s a lot to live up to after yesterdays contest which has been hailed, one of the best matches in the tournaments history. mark williams beating ronnie o sullivan, to claim his first win, against the world number one in eight years. with the match tied at 5 5, it went to a deciding frame. a crucial red, turned things in williams favour and he went on to complete a magnificent century break his second of the match to claim victory knocking the 7 time champion out of the competition. and williams will face, jack lisowski in the semi finals. he says it will be the biggest match in his career and is trying not to get too excited, after beating iran s hossein, vafaei, 6 2, in the day s other quarter final. and england wheelchair rugby league world cup winnerjames simpson has announced his retirement after 10 years in the sport. simpson took up the game after he